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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9720379" data-attributes="member: 54629">Yes, I know. I was being sarcastic.That's really an unfortunate side effect of the way the game mechanics work. Since you can't give a level 3 PC an adult dragon as a mount, the dragon has to start off small ...Since dragons are sentient beings who consider themselves to be superior to humanoids, I personally would prefer to have "dragon rider" be a (most likely) high-level thing that is under DM purview rather than a "grows up with you" pet baked into PC mechanics. Either that or make it so dragons aren't sentient creatures but are more bestial, like in Dragon Age - that way they're not really any different to having a wolf or a tiger or a horse as your pet.The drakewarden ranger subclass from Fizban's is interesting because it involves a summoned "draconic spirit" that has taken the corporeal form of a drake. I guess it is sentient and can speak because it is a spirit and not a "real" drake. But if the drake was a real creature and couldn't speak, that would be fine too.I guess if they copied this format for a "dragon rider" fighter subclass, that would be more palatable to me. So you're a fighter, rather than a ranger, who has summoned a "draconic spirit" that takes the form of whatever color dragon you like and it grows in power as you grow in power until it eventually becomes big enough for you to ride while it flies through the air. Hooray!Getting to ride an actual sentient dragon should be a big deal and should be something that happens through gameplay, not something that is granted automatically via game mechanics.</blockquote>

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